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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Piqué and the second or maternal family name is Camps.

Piqué at Horasis Global China Business Meeting 2008

Josep Piqué i Camps (21 February 1955 – 6 April 2023) was a Spanish politician of the conservative People's Party (PP). He served in ministerial departments under the Aznar cabinets, including a spell as foreign minister from 2000 to 2002. He also helmed the People's Party of Catalonia from 2003 to 2007.

Political career

Early career

In his youth, Piqué was a member of extreme left organization Red Flag, similarly to future fellow PP ministers Pilar del Castillo and Anna Birulés.[1] Piqué also was a member of the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC).[2] Between 1986 and 1988, Piqué served as Director General of Industry under the Convergence and Union government of Catalonia.[2]

People's Party

After the People's Party election in 1996, Piqué was appointed Spanish Minister for Industry as an independent member. He served as Spain's foreign minister from 2000 to 2002. In this capacity, he steered Spain’s foreign policy during its six-month presidency of the Council of the European Union.[3] As part of a cabinet reshuffle, he was replaced by Ana de Palacio y del Valle-Lersundi and instead took over the Ministry of Science and Technology, which oversees the telecommunications industry. At the time, he was thought to have paid the price for failing to resolve the protracted dispute with the UK over the future of Gibraltar.[3]

In October 2002, Piqué became the president of the People's Party of Catalonia. He resigned from this position in July 2007 after disagreement over the political direction that the central PP wanted to impose over the regional branch.[2][4] He served as member of the Congress of Deputies as Minister of Foreign Affairs (2000–2002) and Minister of Science and Technology (2002–2003),[5] when he was elected to the Parliament of Catalonia.[6]

Post-political career

Between November 2007 and 2013, Piqué served as chairman of low-cost carrier Vueling Airlines.[7] In November 2008, Piqué was co-chair of the Global China Business Meeting 2008 in Madrid.[8] From November 2008 until June 2009, Piqué served as member of a six-member panel of EU experts advising the Bulgarian government. Set up by Bulgaria's Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev, the advisory board was chaired by Dominique de Villepin and mandated to recommend ways to help the country adjust to EU membership.[9] In addition, Piqué served on the Political Sponsorship Committee of the Institut de Prospective Economique du Monde Méditerranéen (IPEMED).[10]

In 2009 he launched Pangea21 Consultora Internacional, a small firm in Barcelona to provide consulting services and management advice in all kinds of international business.[7] Piqué was appointed member of the Board of Directors of Amadeus IT Group in June 2019.[11]

Personal life

In 2009, he married journalist Gloria Lomana.[12] Piqué died at Hospital 12 de Octubre on 6 April 2023, at the age of 68.[12]

References

  1. ^ López Alba, Gonzalo (2 February 2008). "Mutaciones ideológicas". Público.
  2. ^ a b c "Muere el exministro Josep Piqué a los 68 años". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 6 April 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  3. ^ a b Martin Banks (10 July 2002), ‘Delighted’ Palacio lands top job and quits as MEP European Voice.
  4. ^ vilaweb.cat
  5. ^ "Muere el exministro Josep Piqué a los 68 años". Vanity Fair (in European Spanish). 6 April 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  6. ^ "One-on-One with Josep PiquéView". Invest Korea. 3 November 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Almuerzo privado para socios con Josep Piqué". Cesur (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  8. ^ Emerging nations seen as economic lifesavers New York Times, 18 November 2008
  9. ^ Tony Barber (21 June 2009), Bulgaria risks shifting into Moscow's orbit, EU is told Financial Times.
  10. ^ Governance Institut de Prospective Economique du Monde Méditerranéen (IPEMED), Paris.
  11. ^ "Amadeus nombra consejero independiente al exministro popular Josep Piqué". El Confidencial. 19 June 2019.
  12. ^ a b "Muere a los 68 años Josep Piqué, ministro en los gobiernos de Aznar". El Periódico de España. Prensa Ibérica. 6 April 2023.
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Foreign Affairs
27 April 2000 – 9 July 2002 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Chairman of the Partido Popular de Cataluña
2003–2007 		Succeeded by
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